Here is Chapter Seventeen and your answer to who are the group of thieves will be revealed in this latest chapter of The Ultimate Goal!
Chapter Seventeen
Ash just won his fourth Unova League badge from Elesa the Nimbasa City Gym Leader and now that he has won his fourth badge, Cilan suggested to everyone to go check out the Nimbasa Subway Station.
Nimbasa Pokémon Center (5:37 p.m.)
Nurse Joy: Here is your Pokémon Ash, they are been healed.
Ash: Thank you Nurse Joy.
Nurse Joy: You're welcome and have a nice day.
Ash: Thanks!
Ash walks back to Dawn and his friends who are now heading to the Nimbasa Subway Station so that Cilan can try to collect Pokémon stamps in order to compete with the Subway Bosses.
The trainers have arrived at the Nimbasa Subway Station and Cilan is excited for the Pokémon stamp hunt today. But the lights of the subway station went down.
Dawn: What happen? It's all dark here.
Someone grabs Dawn's hand.
Dawn: Who's that?
Ash: it's me Dawn; I don't want you to think that I'll be disappearing.
Dawn: Ash you are just a sweetheart.
Cilan: Come on and let's get out of here.
Iris and Bianca followed Cilan back outside, where a lot of people are confused about the situation.
Ash: Where's Pikachu?
Dawn: Piplup is missing too!
Cilan: Do you think they got lost in the subway?
Ash: I'll go find them, let's go Dawn.
Dawn: Right!
Ash: We'll be back Cilan.
Cilan: Here take my Xtransceiver, we'll call each other to keep in touch just in case of something that might happen.
Ash: Thanks Cilan, let's go now.
The couple went back to the subway station and Dawn calls out her Quilava.
Dawn: Quilava we need you to use your fire for us to see in the dark.
Quilava: Quill! (Nodded its head)
Quilava's back and head lit up on fire making easy to see in the dark.
Back at the Pokémon Center.
Cilan, Iris, and Bianca went back to the Pokémon Center and they found out that almost every Pokéball has been stolen.
Cilan: What happen to the Pokémon Nurse Joy?
Nurse Joy: When the power went out in the Center, someone must of snuck in here and stole every single Pokéball that belong to the trainers.
Iris: That's aweful.
Cilan: You like, we can help you to find whoever stole the Pokéball.
Nurse Joy: Thank you so much.
Cilan, Iris, and Biance look all around the Center for any clues to whoever stole the Pokéballs.
Meanwhile in the Nimbasa Subway Station.
Ash and Dawn are still looking for Pikachu and Piplup.
Dawn: Where could they have gone to?
Ash: I don't know, we gotta keep looking around here.
Someone's Voice: Hey who goes there?
Ash: I'm Ash and this Dawn.
Dawn: Who are you two?
Ingo: I'm Ingo.
Emmet: And I am Emmet.
Ingo & Emmet: And together, we are the Subway Bosses.
Ash: So you're the Subway Bosses, my friend tells me about the bosses before.
Ingo: So what are you two doing here?
Dawn: You see my Piplup and his Pikachu got lost and we are trying to look for them here.
Emmet: Well we did see two strange figures walking through the railings.
Ingo: Follow us and we might lead you to it.
Ash: Thank you so much.
Emmet: No problem at all.
Back at the Pokémon Center
Cilan is looking around the center for any clues to where the thieves might have gone to. Then notice a Pokéball on the floor near a vent that lead down below the Pokémon Center.
Cilan: Nurse Joy I have found something.
Nurse Joy: That's one of the Pokéballs that was in the storage room.
Cilan: And check this out.
Nurse: A vent that leads toward the subway station.
Cilan: Do you think that whoever stole the Pokémon, they cut the power out to so they can make their escape?
Nurse Joy: Most likely, I'll go contact Officer Jenny.
Cilan contacts Ash about the situation over at the Pokémon Center. But he couldn't get a signal on his Xtransceiver.
At the Nimbasa Subway Station
Ash, Dawn and the Subway Bosses hear something and they hide behind a pillar to see what's going on.
Ingo: Who are they?
Ash: Team Rocket!
Emmet: Team Rocket?
Dawn: There a bunch of bad guys who steal Pokémon from other people.
Ash: I wonder what they are doing.
Ingo: Look they have bags full of Pokéballs.
Ash: How did they steal them?
Emmet: Look a vent, that vent comes from the Pokémon Center.
Dawn: So there the ones who shut down the power just to steal those Pokéballs.
Ash: HOLD IT RIGHT THERE TEAM ROCKET!
Meowth: The twerp!
Jesse: Not him again.
Ash: Just what are you doing with those Pokéballs?
James: That none of your concern.
Team Rocket board their own train car and left and Ash calls out his Palpitoad.
Ash: Palpitoad use your tongue to latch yourself on that train car and use Mudshot for us to find you easily.
Palpitoad nodded and it latches onto the train car without Team Rocket noticing Palpitoad on the back of the train car.
Palpitoad used its Mudshot to help Ash and Dawn to find Team Rocket easier.
Ingo and Emmet got their own train car powered by Emmet's Eelektross
Dawn: Who's that?
Dawn grabs her Pokédex.
Pokédex: Eelektross, the EleFish Pokémon, and the final evolve form of Tynamo. Eelektross's mouth locks onto its opponents, where upon it delivers an electric shock.
Ingo: Get on you two and well follow the trail of Palpitoad's Mudshot.
Ash: Right.
They both got on the train car and followed the Mudshot trail. After a few minutes of following the trail, they are outside the subway station and they see Team Rocket's train car heading outside of Nimbasa City.
Ash: Look I see them.
Meowth: Uhh Oh!
Jesse: What is it Meowth?
Meowth: The twerps are following us.
James: Dr. Zager when is the copper arriving for the pick up?
Dr. Zager: Just give a minute; I'll be arriving from your rear.
Dr. Zager's helicopter arrived to pick up the train car and Team Rocket boarded the copper.
Dawn: Oh no they are about to take off with that helicopter.
Ash: Snivy, Tepig, and Roggenrola I choose you!
Ash calls out his Pokémon to help him.
Tepig use Ember on the clamp that is holding the train.
Tepig: Tepig!
Tepig unleashed its Ember, burning the helicopter's clamp that is attached to the train car.
Ash: Now Snivy use Razor Leaf!
Snivy: Vy!
Snivy's Razor Leaf left some damage on the clamps.
Ash: Roggenrola use Stone Edge and Palpitoad use Mudshot for the final blow.
Jesse: What is he doing?
Roggenrola and Palpitoad's attack finally broke the clamp, releasing the train car on the railroad track.
Meowth: The Pokémon!
Dr. Zager: We must abandon the mission. We can't take the chances to be known in this region.
Jesse: He'll pay for this!
Team Rocket has left the area and Ash's Pokémon successfully saved the Pokéball onboard the train.
Dawn: Wow your amazing Ash!
Ash: Thanks, but it wasn't me that I save those Pokémon. It was these four that saved them.
Ash's Pokémon are happy to help them out. Ash's Xtransceiver vibrated and he checks he is getting a call from Cilan. He answered the video call.
Ash: Hey Cilan what's up?
Cilan: We got an emergency. All the Pokéballs in the Pokémon Center were stolen and I believe that whoever stole them are at the Subway Station.
Ash: No need to worry, we already got all the Pokéballs back.
Cilan: Really? Well I guess I'll go tell the good news, I'll see you soon.
Cilan hang up and Dawn open the door to the back train car and they find Pikachu and Piplup inside.
Pikachu: PIKA!
Piplup: PIPLUP!
Ash: PIKACHU!
Dawn: PIPLUP! I was so worried about you two; never go off like that okay.
Piplup: Piplup Pip! (I promise!)
Ingo: Amazing I never seen these two Pokémon before.
Ash: Well I from the Kanto region and Dawn is from the Sinnoh region.
Emmet: Well since we got the train with the stolen Pokéballs back, let's return them to the Pokémon Center in Nimbasa City.
Ash and Dawn: Right.
Everyone headed back to the Pokémon Center and all of the stolen Pokéballs were return safely.
Nurse Joy: Thank you all so much for returning all of the stolen Pokéballs.
Ash: Well Ingo and Emmet actually did all the work.
Ingo: You and your Pokémon actually saved all the Pokémon.
Emmet: And for your actions today, we would like to challenge you to a double battle tomorrow.
Ash: Wow really?
Ingo: Yes, you and Dawn.
Dawn: I think I'll pass for tomorrow.
Ingo: I understand.
Cilan: Excuse me, you think I chould battle you with Ash tomorrow.
Ash: Yeah he tried to collect all of the Pokémon stamps to battle with you two but it got postpone because of Team Rocket.
Ingo: Well I accept your challenge Cilan.
Cilan: Thank you so much sir.
Ingo and Emmet left the Pokémon Center and will Ash and Cilan will be able to win tomorrow's challenge with the Subway Bosses? Stay tuned as the journey continues.
I really hope you all enjoy this chapter and I'll be posting Chapter Eighteen tomorrow night. Goodnight pearlshippers.